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Organizations in development: the changing nature of service provision in the Philippines

Alampay, Alampay, E. - Institute of Social Studies (ISS) - 1999

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Organizations in development: the changing nature of service provision in the Philippines

ALAMPAY, E. - Institute of Social Studies (ISS) - 1999

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005442196

Gender, poverty and social justice

Chhachhi, Amrita; Truong, Thanh-Dam - Institute of Social Studies (ISS) - 2009

Views on poverty are deeply rooted in cultural frameworks about the human condition shaped by histories. In the debate on modernity, perspectives on poverty oscillate between: a) making the poor – their ‘morals’ and ‘culture’ – responsible for their own situation and b) positioning...

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Nutrition as a public health problem (1900-1947)

Sathyamala, Sathyamala, C. - Institute of Social Studies (ISS) - 2010

This working paper examines the construction of a ‘native’ diet in India by the British from the early 1900s to mid … nationalist movement in India, the dual standard does not go unremarked. However, the continuities within the scientific community …

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Gender, poverty and social justice

Chhachhi, Chhachhi, A.; Truong, Truong, T-D. - Institute of Social Studies (ISS) - 2009

Views on poverty are deeply rooted in cultural frameworks about the human condition shaped by histories. In the debate on modernity, perspectives on poverty oscillate between: a) making the poor -- their "morals" and "culture" -- responsible for their own situation and b) positioning the causes...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011205395

Healthcare Seeking Behavior among Self-help Group Households in Rural Bihar and Uttar Pradesh, India

Bedi, Arjun Singh; Raza, Raza, W.A.; Panda, Panda, P.; … - Institute of Social Studies (ISS) - 2013

insurance (CBHI) schemes have been functioning in rural India. These CBHI schemes may design their benefit packages according to … of India’s poorest states.1 We find that the majority of respondents do access some form of care and that there is …

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Ensuring daughter survival in Tamil Nadu, India

Bedi, Arjun Singh; Srinivasan, Srinivasan, S. - Institute of Social Studies (ISS) - 2009

The south Indian state of Tamil Nadu is a relatively recent entrant to the list of Indian states exhibiting the phenomenon of "missing girls". A substantial proportion of these missing girls may be attributed to the differential survival of girls and boys in the 0-6 age group due to daughter...

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Supporting decentralised urban governance : training women municipal councillors in Mumbai, India

Holzner, Holzner, B.M.; de Wit, de Wit, J.W. - Institute of Social Studies (ISS) - 2003

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Decentralization, empowerment and poverty alleviation in urban India : roles and responses of government, NGOs and slum communities

de Wit, de Wit, J.W. - Institute of Social Studies (ISS) - 1997

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Multiple identities, multiple strategies : confronting state, capital and patriarchy

Chhachhi, Chhachhi, A.; Pittin, Pittin, R. - Institute of Social Studies (ISS) - 1995

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